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Thanks for the video. On our honeymoon 30 years ago we happened across a camping skiff for hire on the Thames River, went to the charity store for blankets and were off camping up the River Wey. It was great fun. Similar to our boat:
I'd love to up the budget one of these days and cruise in a narrow boat.
Some use very old engines. There are some that use "Hot bulb starting"
It is a special community of traditional engine narrow boats. These engines are very coveted by some owners and in the second link they are talking about an almost brand new 1928 engine. Seems the factory is no longer in production.
I always wanted to do a narrow canal boat trip. That and run a steam locomotive up the Great Central (which they will let you do for a large sum). Both are a bit more costly than my income will allow though.
My pal of 45 years has a Crooked Island Catboat, original Renault one-lung diesel engine. We took it on a cruise up and down the Silver River here in central Florida, along with his parents. His mum proclaimed she felt as if she was on the African Queen.
Made about four knots upstream, five coming down. even saw some of the monkeys along the way.
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